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Post by DSR on Jul 3, 2009 0:20:41 GMT -5
Speaking of DVDs... As you all know, my recent attempt to purchase the Leprechaun set and Eaten Alive went awry. In retrospect, I'm kind of glad I didn't buy the Leprechaun set. I watched the first two films again on YouTube last night, and they weren't quite as fun as I remember them being 8 years ago. I did some serious rapid fire ordering earlier this evening, both horror and non-horror. I grabbed Deep Red, Chopping Mall, Just Before Dawn, and The Prowler (which I had to re-order after I was initially sent The Howling V and VI - WTF?). I also managed to find Eaten Alive at a reasonable price. Last, but not least, I imported the show Freddy's Nightmares from the UK, just because I'm a NOES fanatic. Cool stuff, I have Deep Red and Chopping Mall, but not the others. I think I saw Howling V and VI as a double feature for 3 bucks at Big Lots one time. I didn't pick it up. Anyway, as I just said in my last post (I swear, I'm not intentionally post-whoring here!), I need to do something to create space on my DVD shelves. I refuse to sell any of them (unless there's like an emergency or something where I need to), so I pretty much buy DVDs of movies I have on VHS. a.) They're usually in better quality than my beat-up old VHS tapes and b.) they take up half as much space on the shelf. I then sell my VHS tapes at flea markets or my sister's yard sale. Anyway, long story short, I just ordered some DVDs off Amazon, the only horror movie being The Car, which is basically Jaws, but replace the shark with a car and the water with a small desert town. It stars James Brolin, and I figure it'll make a cool double feature with Duel, which I bought last weekend. Plus, y'know, the shelf space thingy. EDIT: Oh, and I may have to import Freddy's Nightmares one of these days (months? years?), since I have a few episodes of that on VHS, too.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Jul 3, 2009 2:16:59 GMT -5
Anyway, as I just said in my last post (I swear, I'm not intentionally post-whoring here!), I need to do something to create space on my DVD shelves. I refuse to sell any of them (unless there's like an emergency or something where I need to), so I pretty much buy DVDs of movies I have on VHS. a.) They're usually in better quality than my beat-up old VHS tapes and b.) they take up half as much space on the shelf. I then sell my VHS tapes at flea markets or my sister's yard sale. I suffer from a similar problem, and the only solution I've come up with is buying a few of those Rubbermaid plastic containers. They're about a foot long and a foot deep, and they're excellent for storage. I have a few of them filled already. Sure, it'd be nice if I could put everything on my shelves, but given my tiny living space, there's only so much I can do. Just a suggestion.
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Post by Ken Ivory on Jul 3, 2009 2:21:54 GMT -5
Speaking of DVDs... As you all know, my recent attempt to purchase the Leprechaun set and Eaten Alive went awry. In retrospect, I'm kind of glad I didn't buy the Leprechaun set. I watched the first two films again on YouTube last night, and they weren't quite as fun as I remember them being 8 years ago. I did some serious rapid fire ordering earlier this evening, both horror and non-horror. I grabbed Deep Red, Chopping Mall, Just Before Dawn, and The Prowler (which I had to re-order after I was initially sent The Howling V and VI - WTF?). I also managed to find Eaten Alive at a reasonable price. Last, but not least, I imported the show Freddy's Nightmares from the UK, just because I'm a NOES fanatic. Ooh, was never a fan of Freddy's Nightmares myself. The first episode was a poor telling of Freddy's demise. Leprechaun 1 and 2 were OK. 3 bugged the hell out of me 'cause he started speaking in rhyme. I gave up on the series after I saw bits of Leprechaun in Space.
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Post by theryno665 on Jul 3, 2009 18:35:54 GMT -5
Leprechaun In Space straddles the line between so-bad-it's-good and just plain bad. Then again, I like crappy movies.
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Post by Jiren on Jul 3, 2009 18:50:27 GMT -5
I like Leperchaun 1 - 3, but "In Space" was horrid.
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Post by erisi236 on Jul 3, 2009 19:41:48 GMT -5
Hmm, the Leprechaun series, Irish eyes will not be smiling watching this mess.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Jul 3, 2009 23:02:24 GMT -5
AOL Video used to have pretty much the complete series of Freddy's Nightmares up for free; I gave up on it after four or five episodes. One of them heavily featured Robert Englund, and that one was certainly cool; however, the stand-alone stories were a little weak.
TR's recent Amazon horror purchases (and the first ones in about two months - longest I've gone without a horror buy in a LONG time): (1) Marebito and Reincarnation - Like Erisi and Rorschach, I'm a HUGE fan of the Ju-on/Grudge franchise, and I want to see what else Takashi Shimizu has up his sleeve. Plus, Reincarnation has WC Horror Hall of Fame inductee (I never get tired of saying that) Takako Fuji in front of the camera. (2) A cheapo public domain "50 Horror Movie Classics" set. This one will probably last me for the rest of the year; since I work graveyards, I'm very seldom able to make it through an entire movie in one sitting anymore. I tried to rewatch Dario Argento's Trauma last week, and that task took me FIVE DAYS. Never been a big horror historian (slasher movies all the way), and this seemed like a good, cheap place to start, although I've already seen seven of the movies on MST3K.
As for Leprechaun...I never did a franchise review for it just because it would have gotten really redundant. I really don't even HATE the movies, per se - they don't make me angry like some movies *cough* Zombie's Halloween *cough* The Uninvited *cough* do; they're just incredibly meh.
Very O.T. - man, is this Twins game ever gonna end? Come on, score a run already...
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Post by DSR on Jul 5, 2009 16:45:25 GMT -5
AOL Video used to have pretty much the complete series of Freddy's Nightmares up for free; I gave up on it after four or five episodes. One of them heavily featured Robert Englund, and that one was certainly cool; however, the stand-alone stories were a little weak. TR's recent Amazon horror purchases (and the first ones in about two months - longest I've gone without a horror buy in a LONG time): (1) Marebito and Reincarnation - Like Erisi and Rorschach, I'm a HUGE fan of the Ju-on/Grudge franchise, and I want to see what else Takashi Shimizu has up his sleeve. Plus, Reincarnation has WC Horror Hall of Fame inductee (I never get tired of saying that) Takako Fuji in front of the camera. (2) A cheapo public domain "50 Horror Movie Classics" set. This one will probably last me for the rest of the year; since I work graveyards, I'm very seldom able to make it through an entire movie in one sitting anymore. I tried to rewatch Dario Argento's Trauma last week, and that task took me FIVE DAYS. Never been a big horror historian (slasher movies all the way), and this seemed like a good, cheap place to start, although I've already seen seven of the movies on MST3K. As for Leprechaun...I never did a franchise review for it just because it would have gotten really redundant. I really don't even HATE the movies, per se - they don't make me angry like some movies *cough* Zombie's Halloween *cough* The Uninvited *cough* do; they're just incredibly meh. Very O.T. - man, is this Twins game ever gonna end? Come on, score a run already... 1.) I saw Marebito a few years ago, while this buddy of mine went on this weird kick where he'd buy a bunch of J-horror movies, and then never actually get around to watching them. So I borrowed this one. Wasn't anything particularly noteworthy. I've mostly forgotten the thing since watching it. 2.) "50 Horror Movie Classics" eh? You're really lookin' to fast-track this "meeting or beating DSR's collection" thing, huh?
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Jul 5, 2009 17:21:04 GMT -5
AOL Video used to have pretty much the complete series of Freddy's Nightmares up for free; I gave up on it after four or five episodes. One of them heavily featured Robert Englund, and that one was certainly cool; however, the stand-alone stories were a little weak. TR's recent Amazon horror purchases (and the first ones in about two months - longest I've gone without a horror buy in a LONG time): (1) Marebito and Reincarnation - Like Erisi and Rorschach, I'm a HUGE fan of the Ju-on/Grudge franchise, and I want to see what else Takashi Shimizu has up his sleeve. Plus, Reincarnation has WC Horror Hall of Fame inductee (I never get tired of saying that) Takako Fuji in front of the camera. (2) A cheapo public domain "50 Horror Movie Classics" set. This one will probably last me for the rest of the year; since I work graveyards, I'm very seldom able to make it through an entire movie in one sitting anymore. I tried to rewatch Dario Argento's Trauma last week, and that task took me FIVE DAYS. Never been a big horror historian (slasher movies all the way), and this seemed like a good, cheap place to start, although I've already seen seven of the movies on MST3K. As for Leprechaun...I never did a franchise review for it just because it would have gotten really redundant. I really don't even HATE the movies, per se - they don't make me angry like some movies *cough* Zombie's Halloween *cough* The Uninvited *cough* do; they're just incredibly meh. Very O.T. - man, is this Twins game ever gonna end? Come on, score a run already... 1.) I saw Marebito a few years ago, while this buddy of mine went on this weird kick where he'd buy a bunch of J-horror movies, and then never actually get around to watching them. So I borrowed this one. Wasn't anything particularly noteworthy. I've mostly forgotten the thing since watching it. 2.) "50 Horror Movie Classics" eh? You're really lookin' to fast-track this "meeting or beating DSR's collection" thing, huh? Believe me, I've long since given up on that. I just don't own many B&W/old & trashy horror movies, and it seemed like a good, cheap option to get a whole bunch of 'em. Besides, if I really wanted to break your record, there's a 250 MOVIE SET available for about fifty bucks. As mentioned above, at the rate that I watch movies anymore, that would probably take me five years. On a side note...I've been checking this thread for posts all weekend. Apparently I'm the only loser who had nothing to do over the Independence Day weekend. ;D
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Post by remowilliams on Jul 5, 2009 17:22:39 GMT -5
Hello Gents,
First let me say, stellar work on these 4 Threads. I've spent the last week at work going through all the older ones and it's been a great time.
I was wondering if I could get folks thoughts on the "Guinea Pig" Series (Flower of Flesh and Blood, Devil's Experiment, Mermaid in the Manhole etc)
Lots of talk of J-horror, and I was glad to see some love for Audition, but I haven't noticed anyone mention this series as of yet.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Jul 5, 2009 17:26:09 GMT -5
Well, Remo, welcome to the best thread/series of threads on this board (and I really do believe that - we have lots of varying opinion, sure, but it has never ONCE gotten anything over mildly heated or disrespectful in any way).
Unfortunately, I can't give you any input on the Guinea Pig series. I went through the J-horror buying splurge a year or so ago, and nothing about the series really caught my eye. Maybe someday I'll check it out. I'd imagine Erisi has seen them; he's the resident Asian cinema buff.
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Post by remowilliams on Jul 5, 2009 18:59:56 GMT -5
Tom, Thanks for the welcome, it's nice to be here. The G.P. series is certainly something worth experiencing. I bought the boxed set about 5 years ago because my ex wife, who was also a horror fan, was trying to find something truly demented to watch. (Her tastes were a little distrubing at times lol) I grew up on classic Universal Horror and then got into all the classic slasher and zombie films so I didn't really think the G.P. series would live up to the hype.(i.e. some folks thinking that Flower of Flesh and Blood was a snuff film, etc) I found both Devil's Experiment and F.O.F.A.B. to be a little uncomfortable to watch but i think viewing them in the context that I did, they lost a lot of their power. The other films in the story just didn't appeal to me all that much. Still, it was my introduction to J-horror. I'd like to watch them again just to see what I think of them five years later but the Ex got them in the divorce.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Jul 5, 2009 19:19:00 GMT -5
Well I finally got around to watching both his name is Jason and Friday the 13th (the new one). While His name is Jason isn't the complete resource Crystal Lake Memories is, it is a great add-on and together you have the definitive media resources for the series...until the next film comes out. Now as for Friday the 13th. I think it would be good to recall that I was not a fan of Nispel's TCM remake. For what it's worth I thought the clean yet dirty film didn't really contribute to the documentary style the original had. That's not to say Marcus Nispel isn't a competent director. It just wasn't my cup of tea. That being said I think Nispel redeemed himself here. This was a meaner, slighty more intelligent Jason for a new era of movie goers. The film hit all the notes of a Friday the 13th without trying to be "cute" or go off in a entire new direction. While not my favorite Friday the 13th (Parts VI & VII are both tied) it does set Jason on sure footing for the next sequel. Plus the fans have answered which most of us pretty much knew... Jason somehow found his way out of the lake after his drowning.
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Post by remowilliams on Jul 5, 2009 19:36:40 GMT -5
Fulci,
I agree with you on both counts.
I really really enjoyed His Name is Jason, more so than some of the actual Friday films (In my mind everything went completely downhill after Final Chapter)
I thought the remake was as good as we are going to get in this day and age. Some nice homages to the original series, a couple of inventive kills, nice gratuitious nudity.
I don't think you can recapture the way the originals made us feel back in the day but this was a nice little film.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Jul 5, 2009 20:08:25 GMT -5
Man, how sad is it that I've been waiting ALL WEEKEND for other people to show up in this thread? ;D Well, Remo, I gotta be honest with ya - if that's the way the Guinea Pig movies are, they really aren't my thing. Not because I'm a prude when it comes to gore (I'm so desensitized to it by now that it's borderline criminal), but just because the recent wave of captivity/wannabe snuff/torture porn movies aren't my thing in the slightest. I prefer my horror films to have some sort of dramatic arc - 90 minutes of screaming and torture doesn't mortify me, it just leaves me really, really indifferent. Now to be honest something about His Name is Jason did bother me. Felissa Rose talked about how the shiskabob death from part 2 was so original. Well Felissa...watch twitch of the death nerve sometime. I actually just rewatched Twitch of the Death Nerve, and being able to stay awake for the duration of the movie instead of watching it in about 17 shifts like I usually do made a big difference. Awesome film. The shish-kebob and cleaver-to-the-face kills from Friday the 13th Part II were BOTH done in that flick.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Jul 5, 2009 20:07:23 GMT -5
Fulci, I agree with you on both counts. I really really enjoyed His Name is Jason, more so than some of the actual Friday films (In my mind everything went completely downhill after Final Chapter) I thought the remake was as good as we are going to get in this day and age. Some nice homages to the original series, a couple of inventive kills, nice gratuitious nudity. I don't think you can recapture the way the originals made us feel back in the day but this was a nice little film. Boy you ain't kidding. This new Ft13th had so many knockers it gave girls gone wild a run for it's money. Now to be honest something about His Name is Jason did bother me. Felissa Rose talked about how the shiskabob death from part 2 was so original. Well Felissa...watch twitch of the death nerve sometime.
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Post by remowilliams on Jul 5, 2009 20:19:26 GMT -5
Fulci,
Damn straight. and how can you not love a movie where a topless Willa Ford get's a machete through the head.
and while Part 2 is quite possibly my favorite film in the series, i have to agree with you.
Tom,
I totally understand your point. I can't watch a lot of the torture porn type films myself, not because of the gore but just because they either lack a good plot or the plot is so convoluted, it's just not interesting. The thing that made G.P. different, at least Devil's Experiment and FOFAB, was that I saw those years before those other films were in fashion.
Flower of Flesh and Blood actually has no real plot and is less than an hour long. It's literally just an FX scene, with a minimal backstory behind it (hence why it was mistaken as a snuff film).
Those aspects are what make them more of a curiousity in my book than something that bears repeated viewings. I'd watch it again just to do a review, but short of that, once was enough.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Jul 5, 2009 20:26:13 GMT -5
Fulci, Damn straight. and how can you not love a movie where a topless Willa Ford get's a machete through the head. and while Part 2 is quite possibly my favorite film in the series, i have to agree with you. Tom, I totally understand your point. I can't watch a lot of the torture porn type films myself, not because of the gore but just because they either lack a good plot or the plot is so convoluted, it's just not interesting. The thing that made G.P. different, at least Devil's Experiment and FOFAB, was that I saw those years before those other films were in fashion. Flower of Flesh and Blood actually has no real plot and is less than an hour long. It's literally just an FX scene, with a minimal backstory behind it (hence why it was mistaken as a snuff film). Those aspects are what make them more of a curiousity in my book than something that bears repeated viewings. I'd watch it again just to do a review, but short of that, once was enough. Haha, Willa (Chelesa) death was great. You knew she was dead, but just like that machete in the skull. Plus topless watersurfing. Brillant!
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Jul 5, 2009 20:33:54 GMT -5
Speaking of horror movies that you can only watch once, that's a pretty good topic, and one I haven't mined before.
See, I'm a different kind of animal - gore doesn't really turn me off when it comes to being able to watch a movie over and over again. The final 20 minutes of Audition is pretty sick stuff, but I've watched that film a legit 10 times since I've bought it because the human story is so emotional and satisfying. I Spit on Your Grave is just too cheesy to disturb me, as is Last House on the Left (Craven's, not the remake).
After doing some thinking, the only horror movie that I haven't been able to rewatch is a little Japanese film called Apartment 1303. Not many have seen it, and there's really nothing particularly violent about it. But Apartment 1303 was a movie that really, really touched a nerve with ol' TR, due to the fact that I've also dealt with a sibling death.
See, the movie is basically a ripoff of the Ringu and Ju-On series; rather than a haunted video or house, it's an apartment that kills. But after the initial massacre in the apartment, one of the characters' sisters moves in to the apartment of doom to get to the bottom of her sibling's mysterious death, and from here, I was emotionally invested in the movie like no other. The actress portraying the older sister/heroine in Apartment 1303 also does an excellent job; I practically wanted to ask the character to marry me by the time the credits rolled.
Also, since this was a Japanese movie, I DID expect that there likely wouldn't be a happy ending for the heroine, although I was hoping DESPERATELY that the character would be able to escape the movie. That hope ended up being in vein. While I acknowledge that the movie isn't really anything special technically, it absolutely ripped my heart out; I haven't been able to pop it in since then.
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Post by remowilliams on Jul 5, 2009 20:52:00 GMT -5
Tom,
1303 sounds like a perfect example of a horror movie doing something that is too often ignored, i.e. making you invest in the characters and care about them. I might have to check it out.
I had that feeling the first time I watched "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer". I really wanted Becky to make it out of that film and when the inevitable happened I didn't think I'd ever want to watch it again. It was probably a good two or three years till my second viewing.
I'll have to give this some thought to see if there are any others.
Thanks Tom, you've given me something to think about at work now and better waste taxpayer dollars lol.
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